CONTINUED EVIDENCE OF TYPHOON UNIT 3 SEVERODVINSK SHIPYARD 402, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 28, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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CONTINUED EVIDENCE OF. TYPHOON UNIT 3
SEVERODVINSK SHIPYARD 402, USSR (
28 FEBRUARY 1984
NPIC/IEG (2/84)
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SIGNIFICANCE: ANALYSIS OF THE RESCUE BELL SEATING RINGS AND
TELEPHONE BUOYS ON THE TYPHOON NUCLEAR-POWERED BALLISTIC
MISSILE SUBMARINE (SSBN) AT SEVERODVINSK SHIPYARD 402
3. (SWN)
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2. REMARKS: THE RESCUE BELL SEATING RING AND TELEPHONE BUOYS WERE
PAINTED WHITE ON TYPHOON UNITS 1 AND 2 JUST BEFORE THEY
DEPARTED FOR SEA TRIALS. THE RINGS ON THE TYPHOON AT
SEVERODVINSK HAD NOT TYPHOON SSBN 25X1
UNIT 1 HAD ITS RINGS/BUOYS PAINTED 25X1
APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MONTHS AFTER ITS SEPTEMBER 1980 LAUNCH.
UNIT 2 HAD ITS RINGS/BUOYS PAINTED 25X1
APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS AFTER ITS SEPTEMBER 1982 LAUNCH.
FROM THE TIME THESE RINGS WERE PAINTED, THEY HAVE BEEN OBSERVED
ON UNITS 1 AND 2, UNTIL THE UNITS WERE SNOW COVERED IN LATE
1983. (SWN)
ANALYSTS' COMMENTS: NPIC BELIEVES THAT TYPHOON UNIT 3 WAS
LAUNCHED FROM CONSTRUCTION HALL 3 AT SEVERODVINSK SHIPYARD
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DOCK HAD MOVED FROM ITS STOWED POSITION AT LAUNCH RAIL 1 AT
CONSTRUCTION HALL 3 TO LAUNCH RAIL 2 WHERE TYPHOON UNIT 3 WAS
EXPECTED TO BE LAUNCHED. WE BELIEVE THAT THE LAUNCH DOCK WAS
NOT IN THE LAUNCH BASIN AND THE LAUNCH OF 25X1
TYPHOON UNIT 3 HAD TAKEN PLACE OR WAS IN PROGRESS. A TYPHOON
HAS BEEN AT GUBA LITSA SUBMARINE BASE SW ON ALL 25X1
COVERAGES COLLATERAL 25X1
REPORTING (USN-15 CABLE DTG 310931Z JAN 84) INDICATED THAT A
SUBMARINE WITH PENDANT NUMBER 842 WAS AT-SEA IN THE VICINITY OF
KUVSHIN ISLAND AND THAT THE SUBMARINE WAS THE 25X1
SAME CLASS OF SUBMARINE AS PENDANT NUMBER 838 (TYPHOON UNIT
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered
valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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28 FEBRUARY 1984
NPIC/IEG (2/84)
IN SUMMARY, THE TYPHOON AT SEVERODVINSK HAS BEEN ICED-IN,
PRECLUDING ITS DEPARTURE OR RETURN TO THE FITTING OUT QUAY; A
TYPHOON HAS BEEN AT GUBA LITSA AND A TYPHOON 25X1
WAS REPORTED AT-SEA THEREFORE, WE BELIEVE THAT 25X1
TYPHOON UNIT 3 HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AND IS FITTING OUT AT
SEVERODVINSK. THE UNPAINTED RINGS AND BUOYS ON THE TYPHOON AT
SEVERODVINSK FURTHER SUBSTANTIATES THE PRESENCE OF THE THIRD
UNIT OF THE TYPHOON-CLASS SSBN. (S~
3. ` COORDINATES 64-34-38N 039-48-32E (S)
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COLLATERAL REFERENCES:
USN-15, SOVIET NORTHERN FLEET TYPHOON-CLASS HULL NUMBER TWO
CARRIES POSSIBLE PENDANT NUMBER 842, P 310931Z JAN 84 (S~~ 25X1
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered
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